Business, regional

Long-blighted area lures business with tax breaks

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Tom and Joe Macini are planning to built a building on the North Philadelphia site, the vacant lot they own, which would cost more than $1 million. American Supply Co., led by Joe Macini, took advantage of tax breaks to move to the city from Norristown that helped them to arrange financing through lending sources thus helping them move onto American Street.

Ikea boss assembles happy staffs

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Pernille Spiers-Lopez guides a business with 8,319 workers at 21 stores in 11 states from the Plymouth Meeting headquarters of Ikea North America. Her main focus as head of Ikea North America was to hold the company's operations at a profitable level, and also to make Ikea a place where co-workers enjoy working.